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Tauroctony relief with belted bull from Sárkeszi

Limestone tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sárkeszi, Pannonia Inferior, depicting Mithras killing the bull with a broad belt, dog, serpent, raven, and torchbearers; the grotto is indicated by rough soil.
 
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Relief in limestone (H. 0.485 Br. 0.56 D. 0.105).Nagy, 115ff and fig. 10. See fig. 470.Mithras as a bullkiller in a grotto which is also indicated by rough soil. The bull wears a broad belt. The dog and the serpent hold their heads towards the wound; the scorpion in the usual place. Each torchbearer holds a pelta in their l. hands and in their r. hands they hold a burning torch. Cautopates (l) is cross-legged whereas Cautes (r) is not.The grotto's border is decorated with various scenes: 1) In the l. upper corner the dressed bust of Sol in radiate crown. Before him the foremost part of two horses. 2) Raven…

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